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5<a href=https://github.com/geoaigroup/GEOAI-ECRS2023/tree/main/5th%20NOAA%20AI%20Workshop target=_blank>[Code Repo]</a> <i>(18 Sept 2023)</i>.</li><li><strong>Solar rooftop potential project:</strong> <a href=https://al-akhbar.com/Community/364188 target=_blank>Featured on Al-Akhbar Newspaper</a>
6<a href=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alighandour_featured-today-on-the-cover-page-of-al-akhbar-activity-7074321199274565633-yF8m target=_blank>cover page</a> <i>(13 June 2023)</i>.</li><li><strong>VLM4EO project:</strong> Webinar & Live Demo: "How segment anything (SAM) would revolutionize geospatial applications?" as part of African Women in GIS AI series <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gaQHdAFrzA" target=_blank>[Recording]</a> <a href=../media/SAM_26May2023/SAM_AliGhandour_26May2023.pdf target=_blank>[Slides]</a>
7<a href=https://colab.research.google.com/github/geoaigroup/geogroup-website/blob/main/content/media/SAM_26May2023/SAM_GEOAI_Demo.ipynb target=_blank>[Notebook]</a> <i>(26 May 2023)</i>.</li><li><strong>LOCR project</strong>: <a href=https://al-akhbar.com/Community/361987/ target=_blank>

7Featured in Al-Akhbar Newspaper</a><i>(4 May 2023)</i>.</li><li><strong>LOCR project</strong>: <a target=_none href=https://www.facebook.com/tamara.elzein1977/videos/253008400476438>Live interview at Aljadeed TV
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